The Covenanters' Stone
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The Covenanters' Stone
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 13 Apr 2019
Memorial to the nine Covenanters who died when imprisoned in nearby Dunnottar Castle in 1685. The inscription reads: HERE . LYES . IOHN . STOT . IAMES . ATCHISON . IAMES . RUSSELL . & . WILLIAM . BROUN . AND . ONE . WHOSE . NAME . WEE . HAVE . NOT . GOTTEN . AND . TWO . WOMEN . WHOSE . NAMES . ALSO . WEE . KNOW . NOT . AND . TWO . WHO . PERISHED . COMEING . DOUNE . THE . ROCK . ONE . WHOSE . NAME . WAS . IAMES . WATSON . THE . OTHER . NOT . KNOWN . WHO . ALL . DIED . PRISONERS . IN . DUNNOTTAR . CASTLE . ANNO . 1685 . FOR . THEIR . ADHERENCE . TO . THE . WORD . OF . GOD . AND . SCOTLANDS . COVENANTED . WORK . OF . REFORMATION . REV . JJ CH . 12 VERSE .
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Image Location
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56.957746
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-2.226886